How UK could adopt US-style murder offences under new plans

The Law Commission has put forward that mandatory life sentences for murder should be abolished

Reform UK worries over losing support to Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, which may split the right-wing vote

The party said it was unable to comment further while an investigation is ongoing

Jaskirat Singh, 25, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday

Exclusive: Government advisors describe the tool as ‘hideously flawed’ amid concern facial age estimation has ‘baked-in racial bias’ — and can wrongly identify a 14-year-old as an adult

Polanski explained in a witness statement published on Wednesday that he believed council tax fees were being managed through the mooring fees he regularly paid for the boat

Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel De Souza said Preston Davey’s murder is a ‘failure of the state’ as his adoptive father was handed a rare whole life order

Preston Davey was murdered in a fatal sex attack carried out by his adoptive father Jamie Varley in a case that ‘shocked the nation’

Children’s Commissioner says a safeguarding review must find out if Preston’s murder ‘could have been prevented’

The former New Labour minister has previously contested the leadership twice. Nicole Wootton-Cane looks at the life and career of the Greater Manchester mayor, who hopes to be Britain’s next prime minister

People with conditions like permanent hearing loss and amputated limbs are being forced to re-prove their disability, researchers warn

Yellow heat health alerts in place until Monday due to greater risk to lives of vulnerable people

There were fears that a livestock counting method on the Devon hills would lead to a cull

Much of the economic cost stems from UK’s departure from the single market – suggesting recent calls for a new customs union with the EU would have little impact

Kyle Bevan was stabbed 25 times during an attack by convicted killers Mark Fellows, Lee Newell and David Taylor at high-security HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire

Peter Wai, 41, conducted ‘shadow policing’ operations on Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters living in the UK on the orders of his handler Bill Yuen, 66

Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally said the impact on families had been “lifelong” for many and noted survivors having spoken of the ‘indignity’ they faced

Reform UK worries over losing support to Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, which may split the right-wing vote

Peter Wai, 41, conducted ‘shadow policing’ operations on Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters living in the UK on the orders of his handler Bill Yuen, 66

Reform UK worries over losing support to Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, which may split the right-wing vote

Teacher Jamie Varley, 37, has been sentenced to a whole life order for the murder and sexual abuse of Preston Davey

The UK Health Security Agency issued the warning from midday on Thursday

The base rate has remained at 3.75 per cent since just before Christmas last year

A Dyson floor lamp, a £4,000 fountain pen, and boxsets of Scandi noir TV dramas. These are a handful of the items former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell purchased with the £400k he embezzled from the party over the course of a decade. The full list is even longer. Murrell has been remanded in custody and likely faces lengthy prison time.

Everything you need to know about the high-stakes vote that could determine the UK’s next prime minister

Dinesh Patel used the badge to avoid paying for parking, a tribunal heard

After King Charles revealed his prostate diagnosis, more than 16,000 people visited the NHS website for information

Pubs were forced to close early or limit alcohol sales as police warned of possible disorder

With Andy Burnham’s return to frontline politics, Nigel Farage’s Reform threat and Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership all under scrutiny, chief political commentator John Rentoul is here to answer your questions and offer his insight from Westminster